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Jenny Warren is looking forward to getting stuck in as a member of the newly elected health board.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Horowhenua will keep a voice at DHB

13 Oct, 2019 10:36am
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Jenny Warren elected to MidCentral Health Board.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

New Horowhenua faces and voices at regional council

12 Oct, 2019 5:35pm
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Changes at Horizons Regional Council's Horowhenua seats.

Cr Victoria Kaye-Simmons lost the race for the mayoralty in Horowhenua but had the highest number of votes for a Levin Ward seat.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Election results seen as vote for positivity

12 Oct, 2019 4:56pm
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Cr Kaye-Simmons loses race for Horowhenua mayoralty and calls results vote for positivity.

Mayor Bernie Wanden, Horowhenua District, said voters have assembled a fantastic team.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Bernie Wanden seals Horowhenua Mayoralty

12 Oct, 2019 4:12pm
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Horowhenua District voters opt for change.

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Berrys hand over reins of pharmacies

10 Oct, 2019 2:58pm
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John and Beth Berry are taking it slower, after dispensing meds in Levin for 50 years.

The intersection of SH57 and Queen Street East just out of Levin may get the much desired roundabout, said NZTA.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Transport industry not impressed with progress

8 Oct, 2019 9:49am
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Progress announced for the O2NL 'expressway', but truckers not impressed.

The twenty particpants of the first Young Inspiring Explorers' Summit at the Canterbury Museum. Photo / The Antarctic Heritage Trust

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Meleane dreams of a career in Antarctica

4 Oct, 2019 2:08pm
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Young Inspiring Explorers' Summit at the Antarctic Heritage Centre a treat for Meleane.

Protesters will be pleased there is progress on the highway between Otaki and Levin.

MANAWATU GUARDIAN

NZTA says yes to next steps for O2NL

4 Oct, 2019 12:25pm
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NZTA commitments to progressing O2NL.

Students from the entire Manawatu and even further afield came to Palmerston North to make their voices heard for the climate change action rally. Photo / Oliver Parrant

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

'We're here because we need change': Horowhenua students join climate march

27 Sep, 2019 6:18pm
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Horowhenua students joined the rally in Palmerston North demanding climate change action.

Romen Smith-Bailey, Emily Young, Abbey Su, Luca Sisson (back), Hineata Himiona-Hyland, Zoey Constantine, Lexi McKelvey, Axel Wilks, and Mrs. Kirsty Bennett with the Queen's letter.

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Levin East School gets royal response

20 Sep, 2019 8:36am
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Levin East School's room 17 received a letter from the Queen.

Early morning traffic on SH1 in and out of Levin at Buller Rd.

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Locals say they are risking their lives daily

16 Sep, 2019 5:00pm
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A Levin commuter say he risks his life each day he goes to work.

Storyteling event in Te Takere's Youth Space with Maori storyteller Te Kahureremoa Taumata.

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Stories for preschoolers celebrate Māori Language Week

11 Sep, 2019 1:36pm
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Māori stotyteller, artist and TV presenter Te Kahureremoa Taumata entertained local kids

A lot of traffic passes through Levin every day and this includes a lot of really big trucks. An expressway would send these truck and most through traffic around the town rather than right through.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Backtracking on expressway not good enough

6 Sep, 2019 1:34pm
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Regional mayors respond to stalled plans for expressway.

THE COUNTRY

Hey pesto! Levin's Genoese an awards finalist

5 Sep, 2019 5:00pm
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Genoese Foods in Levin is a finalist in the NZ Food Awards for innovation.

Long weekends and special events create traffic jams between Levin and Otaki regularly.

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'There is an anti-road fixation, and Levin is caught in the middle'

3 Sep, 2019 12:00pm
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Horowhenua may become bottleneck or even black hole if roading not addressed.

George Barnes' model of a Mainfreight truck.

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Grandad's toy trucks make kids smile

28 Aug, 2019 11:00am
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Retired Levin panelbeater spreads happiness with his wooden toy trucks.

Shoulder bag from Refreshed, made with materials destined for the rubbish bin.

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Levin group designs bags made from rubbish

23 Aug, 2019 11:00am
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Passionate designers in Levin are taking rubbish and turning it into designer wear.

Special events bring a lot of people out on to the main highway between Levin and Ōtaki.

NEW ZEALAND

NZTA admits it has no funding for expressway

22 Aug, 2019 11:00am
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NZTA admits it has no money for expressway nor for safety measures for the existing road.

Antony Young enjoyes picking blueberries on his farm after the bright lights of London and New York.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

First tenant signed for new business park

16 Aug, 2019 4:55pm
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Horowhenua New Zealand Trust has resource consent for stage 1 of its new business park.

An anonymous petition is doing the rounds in Foxton, collecting signatures for a boundary changes that would take Foxton and Foxton Beach into the Manawatū District.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Anonymous petition on Foxton boundary change

26 Jul, 2019 9:51am
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Anonymous petition calls for Foxton and Beach to demand boundary change

Andrea Watling of Waitarere Beach and Karina Wight of Foxton's Masonic Village shaved for a cure in July.

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79-year-old shaves her hair to help cancer patients

25 Jul, 2019 9:09am
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Seventy-nine-year old shaves for cancer cure in mid-winter.

Douglas family homestead, built in Bath St in Levin in 1922 and moved to Koputaroa in 2005.

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Why another historic Levin home faces removal from Heritage list

22 Jul, 2019 3:00pm
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Levin architect George Douglas's second family home heritage status also under review.

Alyana du Fresne (16), Hannah du Fresne (16), Emma Clarke, Geoff Lewis, Anthony Young are among a growing group of residents and business owners who want the four-lane expressway built.

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Why Levin needs its expressway

17 Jul, 2019 5:00pm
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Build Our Road is a Horowhenua campaign for a four-lane Expressway past Levin.

Ross Crowe of Crowe Construction received the Priory Vote of Thanks from the Order of St John from Rex Wheeler , who is a a member of the organisation's Central Region Trust.

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St John thanks to Levin's Crowe Construction

1 Jul, 2019 8:47am
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Priory Vote of Thanks to Ross Crowe and Crowe Construction from the Order of St John.

Tomato picking. Horticultural work suits many new immigrants. Photo / File

THE COUNTRY

Employers: Why we hire refugees

25 Jun, 2019 5:00pm
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Two Horowhenua business owners talk about their experiences employing refugees.

Ōtaki MP Nathan Guy leads the protest march about NZTA inaction on the expressway from Ōtaki to North of Levin, attracting many orperty owner affected by the proposed plans.

WHANGANUI CHRONICLE

NZTA inaction leads to protest march

21 Jun, 2019 3:25pm
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Protest action about the expressway

Members of Jenny Warren's family have witnessed crashes on the intersection of Queen St East and SH57 and find the crossing harrowing.

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At a crossroads: Will this dangerous intersection be fixed?

17 Jun, 2019 11:00am
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Levin residents are desperate for some action on dangerous intersection.

The house in its current location on a lifestyle block on 69 Taylors Rd in Ōtaki, showing the extended belvedere.

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Why this historic home faces removal from Heritage NZ's books

14 Jun, 2019 5:00pm
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Heritage NZ to make call on removal from New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero.

Antoinette Umugwaneza, from Rwanda, Settlement liason for Palmerston North Red Cross.

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The day two presidents died was the day that changed everything

14 Jun, 2019 11:00am
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Antoinette Umugwaneza and her family fled Rwanda in 1994 ahead of the genocide.

Jackie Combes and Prabin Pudasaini from Foxton are both keen for Prabin to gain more work experience in hospitality in New Zealand.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

More local work experience needed

13 Jun, 2019 10:49am
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Prabin Pudasaini from Foxton is looking for a supervisory position in hospitality.

Fairfield School students in bright clothes celebrated the start of their fundraising for the 40-hour famine last Friday.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Plenty to do during 40-hour long famine

13 Jun, 2019 8:07am
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Horowhenua kids give back with 40-hour famine

St Mary's Anglican Church Levin building deconsecration service Wednesday June 5 2019

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

St Mary's makes way for modern building

6 Jun, 2019 11:41am
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St Mary's Anglican Church in Levin has been deconsecrated prior to demolition.

Grant Stevenson of Ōtaki Beach poses with a sculpture he made, Mirror. He has been awarded a QSM for services to the arts.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

QSM for former community affairs officer

4 Jun, 2019 11:19am
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Grant Stevenson of Ōtaki Beach has been awarded a QSM for services to the arts.

56a Highbury Drive, Levin, built in 1974 and designed by Rosanno Fan. Photo / Philip Armitage

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Rossano Fan-designed Levin home for sale

31 May, 2019 12:05pm
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56a Highbury Drive in Levin, designed by Rosanno Fan, is for sale.

Shugofa Wahihi, refugee from Afghanistan, cross cultural worker, speaking five languages, for Palmerston North Red Cross.

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No one safe in a country at war

30 May, 2019 1:00pm
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Shugofa Wahidi last saw her husband in 2010 and has had no news about him since.

Teachers ready for their protest march through levin.

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Teachers march through Levin

29 May, 2019 1:55pm
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Horowhenua teacher march through Levin in support of their pay demand

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Kura Ā Iwi planned for Taitoko Levin in 2020

29 May, 2019 8:01am
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Muaūpoko is planning a Kura Ā Iwi for Taitoko Levin in 2020.

Ruby, Deven and Darshan Rai. Photo / Supplied

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Refugee: I watched people die every day

27 May, 2019 3:00pm
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It took Deven Rai years to realise what a hurried departure from home really meant.

Soprano Soo Young Park and organist Roy Tankersley will bring music to All Saints Church on Saturday.

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Foxton pipe organ gets preservation tick

24 May, 2019 12:56pm
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Foxton's Anglican Church now has preservation certificate for its 1907 pipe organ

Gold at the Taekwon Do World Championship in Germany in individual and team powerbreaking for Levin's Janae Whakarau.

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Gold for Janae Whakarau at Taekwon Do

21 May, 2019 1:50pm
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Two golds for Janae Whakarau in TKD

Denis Keen, coordinator of House of Science Horowhenua ready to replenish a recently returned kit.

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Science and faith a perfect fit

14 May, 2019 3:00pm
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Living on the knife edge between science and faith helps Denise Keen thrive.

Andrea Huria (left) nominated Avis Barrie for the Muriel De Stefano Award.

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Award for floral artist driven by tragedy

10 May, 2019 3:00pm
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Levin floral art's hard grafter win prestigious national award

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Downtown Beauty Queen a moving tribute

8 May, 2019 4:00pm
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Levin singer Dean Ward's tribute to young people caught in a life of booze and drugs

Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar. In an endless sea of tattered shelters, this solitary tree stands as a memory of the forest reserve cleared to welcome forcibly displaced people from Myanmar. Photo / IFRC

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Looking for a safe place to call home

8 May, 2019 11:00am
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A new series asking what refugee resettlement will mean for Horowhenua, and those who come

This is what a House of Science kit looks like

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House of Science kits available now

8 May, 2019 9:47am
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House of Science Horowhenua has begun distributed kits to local schools

Veronica Sayer (Levin east School teacher), Dean Manners and Ray Gempton (WW2 Veteran).

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RSA presentation a hit with school kids

25 Apr, 2019 12:03pm
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RSA talks about ANZAC Day popular with Levin East School kids.

Samantha Coromandel, manager of Life to the Max and Patrick Rennell, CE.

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Horowhenua youth services join forces

20 Apr, 2019 11:50am
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Financial reasons are behind the joining of Life to the Max and the HLC.

Alistair McIntyre with St mary's School, Foxton, kids in front of his truck.

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Doug the digger promotes reading to Foxton kids

9 Apr, 2019 10:29am
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Doug the Digger brings Duffy's Books to Foxton kids.

Business House bowls is very popular at the Foxton and Beach Bowling Club.

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Open Day at Foxton and Beach bowling

9 Apr, 2019 9:42am
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Open Day at Foxton and beach Bowling Club to celebrate the new artificial green.

The Karanga rings across Tukorehe Marae to welcome the neighbours.

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Kuku residents welcomed at Tukorehe Marae

2 Apr, 2019 10:20am
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Warm welcome for Kuku locals at Tukorehe Marae.

Entrance to the Levin Landfill, which is now likely to close by the end of 2025, instead of 2037.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Agreement to close landfill earlier

22 Mar, 2019 10:33am
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Levin's landfill will close sooner than planned with improved management promised.

Cr Victoria Kaye-Simmons believes she has the right leadership style to be a successful mayor.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Cr Kaye-Simmons to run for mayor

22 Mar, 2019 7:35am
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Three-term district councillor Victoria Kaye-Simmons is running for mayor this year.

The rubbish dumped at Parikawau Reserve in Ōhau on the weekend.

THE COUNTRY

Ōhau Reserve's illegal dump upsets locals

21 Mar, 2019 10:17am
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A large illegal dump of rubbish at a reserve near the Ōhau River has disgusted locals.

The beginning of a design and build team for Waiopehu College's EVolocity Challenge this year: Ben Douglas, Callum Mitchell, Logan Canty, Farris Kinaston-Smith, Finlay Metcalfe, Jeremy Healy.

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Waiopehu take on electric vehicle design

20 Mar, 2019 5:49am
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Waiopehu will have at least one electric vehicle in the EVolocity challenge.

Levin's Paper Plus will be the new home for NZ Post.

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Levin Post Shop becomes part of Paper Plus

14 Mar, 2019 8:21am
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Levin's Paper Plus will be providing the Post Shop's postal and bill payment services.

Foxton's old court house occupies a prime position on the north side of the town's Main St.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Society fights to save court house

12 Mar, 2019 6:34pm
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Foxton's Historical Society plant to put in a bid for the town's old court house

St Mary's Anglican Church Levin's pipe organ sounded possibly for the last time on Saturday.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

St Mary's organ sounds again

6 Mar, 2019 12:04pm
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Manawatū organists toured Horowhenua churches to view, hear and play its pipe organs.

Levin resident Annabelle Rosner with her 2 cent tax refund. Photo / Janine Baalbergen

BUSINESS

'Too ridiculous for words': Woman's 2c refund from IRD

19 Feb, 2019 6:50pm
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"What a waste of money to keep sending this to me."

Tony Hunt, Sarah and Jim Harper outside the condemned building they are hoping to save for Foxton's Historical Society.

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Foxton society fights for court house

19 Feb, 2019 3:48pm
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Foxton's Historical Society plans to save the town's old court house.

Plenty of kites in all shapes in sizes at Otaki's annual Kite Festival,

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Windy Ōtaki Beach no problem for kites

19 Feb, 2019 12:59pm
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Ōtaki Kite Festival was the best ever.

Cam and Catherine Lewis, seen here with baby Charlie, have diversified into growing strawberries as well as asparagus and they are hoping to their hydroponically grown strawberries in tunnels will extend the growing season until the end of May.

THE COUNTRY

Horowhenua's Lewis Farms extends strawberry supply

8 Feb, 2019 3:21pm
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A Horowhenua couple are utilising new systems to extend strawberry production.

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Foxton volunteer firefighters keen to grow

5 Feb, 2019 2:45pm
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Foxton volunteer fire brigade is holding an open day to recruit more fire fighters.